Monkey Farm
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
110 Logan Road;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
251-427.03
Control Number:
U/13/251-427.03
Tax Number:
R600 013 000 0045 0000
Date Surveyed:
May 12 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1945
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Historic Core Shape:
Square
Number of Stories:
1
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Concrete Blocks
Roof Shape:
mono-pitch
Roof Materials:
composition shingle
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
Small storage building with sloping roof. Wooden plank door on front, standard door on side. Exposed rafter tails on front. Roof pitch drops at rear to cover small cement block addition.
Historical Information:
Part of infantile paralysis primate research center that was designed to provide research scientists around the world who were seeking a vaccine for polio with monkeys as research subjects. Created in 1945-46 by John Hamlet, working for the National Fou
Source of Historical Information:
John Hamlet, The Land That I Love (1980); Polly Houston, "Monkey Farm," Hilton Head Islander (February 1983): 30-33+.
Quadrangle Name:
Jasper